‘Divisive and discriminatory’: UK MPs to oppose COVID passports

Legislators from across the political spectrum and rights groups condemn plans to use certificates as an authoritarian step.

More than 70 legislators, including 41 MPs from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ruling Conservative Party, have said they would oppose so-called vaccine passports in a rare show of cross-party unity in the United Kingdom. The UK, like several other countries, is considering making such certificates mandatory to help to open the economy as it starts lifting COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. “We oppose the divisive and discriminatory use of COVID status certification to deny individuals access to general services, businesses or jobs,” said the statement published by the opposing legislators on Friday.